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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2019
Covestro Llc, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Covestro Deutschland Ag, Leverkusen, DE;
Dirk Schultze, Florence, MA (US);
Lionel Stebbins, Belchertown, MA (US);
Andre Kleinheider, Cologne, DE;
Helge Kosthorst, Visselhövede, DE;
Covestro LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Covestro Deutschland AG, Leverkusen, DE;
Abstract
The present invention provides a barrier film comprising a first layer formed from thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) and a second layer formed from a thermoplastic polymer-based coupling agent containing an ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer and a second polar co-monomer polymer, wherein the barrier film has a total thickness of between 50 μm (2 mil) and 600 μm (24 mil), wherein the first layer has a thickness of between 20 μm (0.8 mil) and 400 μm (16 mil), and wherein the second layer has a thickness of between 20 μm (0.8 mil) and 200 μm (8 mil). The inventive barrier film may find use in colostomy, urostomy, and ileostomy pouches and in other medical applications.